Do you like checking Facebook on your BlackBerry? Enjoy it while you can.

Last month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp said it would drop support for BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10, by the end of the year, while Facebook said it will discontinue support of its essential APIs. And despite BlackBerry's best efforts, the decision stands.

"We are extremely disappointed in their decision as we know so many users love these apps. We fought back to work with WhatsApp and Facebook to change their minds, but at this time, their decision stands," BlackBerry wrote in a blog post.

The company urged fans to petition Facebook using the #ILoveBB10Apps hashtag on Twitter, and said it is "continuing to search for alternate solutions."

Also on the WhatsApp chopping block are Nokia S40 and S60, Android 2.1 and Android 2, and Windows Phone 7.1.

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"While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," WhatsApp wrote in a blog post. "This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp."

"Our commitment to BlackBerry 10 and to developers has not changed – we know our developer community continues to be one of the strongest proponents of BlackBerry 10 and they are creating thousands of apps every month," BlackBerry insisted.

This comes after BlackBerry embraced Android for the first time with its Priv smartphone.

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